Former national security adviser John Bolton says in a television interview that President Trump is “unfit for office” and lacks the “competence to carry out the job.”
Bolton made the comments to ABC News as the former administration insider sought to promote a new book that Trump claimed in a tweet Thursday is “a compilation of lies and made up stories, all intended to make me look bad.” Excerpts of the Bolton interview aired Thursday.
“I don’t think he’s fit for office. I don’t think he has the competence to carry out the job,” Bolton said during the ABC interview, which is scheduled to air in full Sunday. “There really isn’t any guiding principle that I was able to discern other than what’s good for Donald Trump’s reelection. I think he was so focused on the reelection that longer-term considerations fell by the wayside.” Continue reading.